I've been in London, removed from The North for 5 years or so now. I'm still excited by the big city -- the music scene, the museums, the parks, the variety and the scale of it all -- but I'd happily trade any of the uppity cocktail bars for a country pub with real ale, friendly old folks, a dog and a quiz that'd make me look stupid. Still, I've yet to go to Madame Tussauds. Or the South Bank Ferris Wheel. Some day...

In a girl I look for a happiness that doesn't always show, a kind smile, a gentle joke, playful mocking and the ability to bring the same out of me. I'm not comfortable with everyone I meet but I find a sort of contentment in being with the right people that I really love.

Sorry, I can only find the energy to write about myself when I'm in an overly sombre mood. I'm less dry and much less reflective normally.

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Response.Write("Ian is a nerd");

...pressing the "skip this question" link. I'm getting up to about a 50% success rate. There should be a set of buttons that appear on the bottom of every question with options like "my answer isn't listed", "this sounds like a complicated scenario and my answer would depend on many issues and feelings not described" or "why are there so many questions about maths?"*. Also, what would the world be like without the spark and passion of a good argument.

* I answer all the maths ones and mark them "a little important". I'd be genuinely interested to see the correlation between the people who answer the maths ones and those who believe in fate. Perhaps destiny will some day put me together with a statistician.

Probably that I'm standing in the way of someone they actually wanted to see. Or that I'm slumped in the gutter. Urinating. In my trousers. Whilst throwing up. On your boots.

I'm also tall.

The best book I read recently was Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami. Aside from that I like in fiction John Irving, Richard Russo, Louis de Bernieres. I also read a lot of pop-science. Oh, and don't forget any reader's friendly uncle, Bill Bryson.

With movies I always go for the quirky indie-type-things. Y'know, like Amelie, like everyone puts. Recent movies I've enjoyed include 500 days of Summer, Away We Go and, to prove I'm in touch with my masculine side, District 9.

So I made a Spotify playlist instead of a list of bands. I wasn't going to make it so melancholy but it's a lazy Sunday afternoon and that's how I'm feeling right now...
http://open.spotify.com/user/eeun/playlist/0zENuk9vLrCFuliNqGABiU
If you like it, cool. If not, it doesn't really matter. We're not teenagers any more and friendships aren't born only of music scenes. Having said that, if you recognise more than half of this list I think we'll probably have a lot to reminisce about...
http://open.spotify.com/user/eeun/playlist/3DJNx3LMurxWVwVpTmvOYN

...how to be be more content.

...invariably in the same pub, near work with workmates. I'm always open to alternatives though.

I want to write something really embarrassing and shocking here. I'm just not brazen enough though. This is probably reflected in how often I initiate first contact.

• you've gotten this far
• you think we might get along together
• you could see yourself wanting to meet up